How I pay $1/month for 2 terabytes of storage: introducing Sia Slice

https://youngryan.com/2019/10/introducing-sia-slice-my-absurdly-cheap-block-storage-solution/

by zherbert • 7 years ago

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steve19• 7 years ago

0.50c/terabyte is an order of magnitude or less than how much tape storage costs.

So the author is paying far far less than the cheapest storage solution. So some folks may be selling surplus storage or free hard drive space for less than it is worth, but as soon as a system like this becomes popular the price will reach a much higher equilibrium.

Edit: I found packs of LTO6 tapes on ebay that worked out to be $4.30/tb, so less than an order of magnitude.

beojan• 7 years ago

Per month. The tape can be reused, and you only pay once.

tkifnn• 7 years ago

GSuite is even cheaper

Wowfunhappy• 7 years ago

It is?! How much do you pay for GSuite storage?

solf1re• 7 years ago

I assume they are referring to unlimited storage for £8-9/month

hereme888• 7 years ago

When I tried using Sia several months ago, it was a mess.

Here's my problems with Sia storage:

Time to setup and maintain contracts.

Confusion when it comes to type of contracts.

Big crypto files needed to connect with crypto network.

Unreliable availability of files.

Difficulty/complixity when trying to download your own files again when you want them.

I don't think Sia is a solution for the masses.

filebase• 7 years ago

Sia has always positioned itself as a backend platform for services to build on. This is why they have invested so heavily in their API.

We agree with many of your points, and that's why we created Filebase[1]. We provide S3-compatible object storage at a fraction of the price and use Sia on our backend.

[1] https://filebase.com

How I pay $1/month for 2 terabytes of storage: introducing Sia Slice

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